Object number
M.57.1a
Title
Baseball signed by Brooklyn Dodger Sal Maglie, 1957
Date
1957
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Size
Box height: 7.2 cm
Description
Baseball, one of two, 1957, in box, (Ball Display). Leather, with core of cork, rubber and wool, tennis-ball cut, ivory thonged with red. Stamped: Official/National League/ Naven Giles, Pres./ The Cushioned Cork Center/Reg. U.S. Pat.Off./ Made in U.S.A. Signed in green biro ink: Best wishes/Sal Maglie.
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2.3
Most of the 250 balls in the MCC collection record the great batting and bowling feats in cricket history, but we also have balls from other sports for comparison.
M.57.27 Softball Ball. 1957. Donated by Stuart Surridge & Co Ltd
M.57.1a Spalding Baseball, signed by Brooklyn Dodger, Sal Maglie, 1957.
M.57.5a Hurling Sliotar, O'Neill's, 1957. Donated by J C Boucher
M.57.35.1 & 2 Eton Fives Ball Stuart Surridge & Co Ltd
This shows the interior construction and how it differs from a cricket ball.
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Related objects
MCC/AAL/2/TEMP80 : Curator's correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC 1945-1960 donor surname N
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